UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Published purpose

The project aims to comprehensively enhance Pakistani counter terrorism and criminal justice (CJ) institutions by strengthening the two core components in preventing and countering terrorism: (1) Investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of terrorism cases; and (2) Countering Financing of Terrorism. o The former (#1) will strengthen the capacities and coordination mechanisms of federal and provincial counter terrorism and CJ institutions. It will elevate the capacity of responsible agencies, locally and in cooperation with other departments to respond to terrorist actions; conduct terrorist investigations; and to bring perpetrators to justice in accordance with the rule of law and with respect for human rights. o The latter (#2) will strengthen Pakistan’s legal and institutional framework for countering of terrorist financing, by enhancing stakeholders’ knowledge on UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions, latest innovative trends in terrorist financing, as well as Mutual Legal Assistance request to coordinate with international governments in detecting and prosecuting illicit financial flows.